United States v. Quan Wah
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of New York. This cause comes here upon appeal from a decision of the District Court, reversing an order of deportation made by the United States commissioner.
1Opinion of the Court
LACOMBE, Circuit Judge.
The defendant is a Chinese person, who was found by the inspector in a laundry, in Marion street, Brooklyn; he was cooking in the back part of the laundry. He was examin-. ed by the inspector, through the government interpreter, the examination being reported by the stenographer, and told the following story;
He was 26 years old; born in China; married there at 23, his wife and a child born after he left China being still there. He came to this country about 2% years before his arrest on April 22, 1913. He was farming in China just before he left there; was a farmer when…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- United States v. Hom LimCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1915
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